David Fraser lives in Nanoose Bay, on Vancouver Island. He is the founder and editor of Ascent Aspirations Magazine, www.ascentaspirations.ca, since 1997. His poetry and short fiction have appeared in 28 journals including Three Candles, Regina Weese, Ardent, and Ygdrasil. He has published a collection of his poetry, Going to the Well (2004) , a collection of short fiction, The Dark Side of the Billboard (2006) and edited and published Ascent Aspirations Magazine Anthology One(Dec.2005) , and Ascent Aspirations Magazine Anthology Two – Windfire and AguaTerra Anthology Three http: //www.ascentaspirations.ca/aapublishing.htm
David is currently the BC Federation of Writers Regional Director for The Islands Region.
He is the founder of WordStorrn http: //www.ascentaspirations.ca/WordStorm.htm
David Fraser has a BA in English from University of Toronto, and an MEd in adult education from OISE. In Ontario he taught English, Creative Writing Writer’s Craft among other subjects at the secondary school level for 30 years. He was the ski school director for High Park Snow School for 8 years. Currently he is a full time writer who also teaches skiing at Mt. Washington in the winter.
Today is laundry day
a full hamper of open
wounds to cleanse;
one beating heart
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